Starbucks "Shared Planet" program is the company's commitment to "doing business in ways that are good for the earth and good for each other". In 2008 their partners and customers in North America volunteered 245,000 hours of service, building toward their goal to contribute more than one million hours of community service per year by 2015.
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NIKE, Puma and Adidas - The Race to Detox
Posted on Aug 26 2011 by Diana Rivenburgh
NIKE announced last week an “unwavering” commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by 2020. Achieving this goal requires working with brands, material suppliers, the chemical industry, NGOs and others to find innovative solutions.
Timberland: Doing the Right Thing
Posted on Oct 27 2009 by Diana Rivenburgh
On the same day I posted the blog on “Deforestation and Your Supply Chain”, Earthkeepers posted a statement from Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland’s CEO in an Update From the Amazon. The deforestation referred to by Greenpeace is caused by cattle ranchers who cut down the rain forest to raise livestock primarily for food. Less than 10% of the proceeds of the cow are for the leather sold as raw materials to suppliers who turn the hides into products such as footwear.
Deforestation and Your Supply Chain
Posted on Oct 22 2009 by Diana Rivenburgh
Amazon Deforestation: Source - mongabay.comNearly 20 percent of global warming causing emissions are from forest destruction, more climate pollution than all the world’s cars, trucks, trains, planes, and ships combined.
